Introduction
NOTE: The data and findings below are drafts subject to change and
some pieces are still in the QA process.
RACE COUNTS provides a 3D view of racial equity:
OUTCOME: How
well people are doing. The higher the circle, the better the outcome.
DISPARITY: How racial groups compare to one another. The further
right the circle, the greater the differences by race.
IMPACT: The
total population. The bigger the circle, the larger the population.
Purple counties: Gains at Risk;
Orange counties: Prosperity for
the Few;
Yellow counties:
Struggling to Prosper;
Red counties:
Stuck and Unequal.
Race/Ethnicity Notes
1) “Other” race includes those who identify with a race outside
of the specifically named categories, such as Asian, White, etc.
2)
Race labels for bar charts: The “nh_” prefix signifies that a group is
non-Latinx (excludes Latinx).
3) The “twoormor” group represents
those who identify as Multiracial.
Indicators
Healthy Built Environment Index - UPDATED
- Seven of the 10 counties with the worst overall outcomes on the HBE
Index are in the San Joaquin Valley, the other three are LA, Amador, and
Sutter counties. Los Angeles County has the worst outcome out of all 46
counties ranked on the healthy built environment index.
- All San Joaquin Valley counties have below average outcomes, though
disparity varies. Madera and San Joaquin counties in particular have
high disparities, ranked 5th and 6th most disparate respectively.
Lack of Green Space - UPDATED
Scatterplot
- Counties with larger populations tend to have less than average
racial disparity, while all of the counties with the most disparity have
smaller populations.
- Los Angeles County ranks the 2nd worst of the 56 California counties
measured in overall lack of green space.
State Barchart
- Statewide, Black, Asian, and Southwest Asian or North African
Californians are the three racial groups with the least access to green
space.
Toxic Releases - UPDATED
Scatterplot
- All Bay Area counties have better than average racial disparity on
this measure.
- Madera County stands out as having the 3rd worst racial disparities
and overall worst outcome on this indicator.
- LA County has the second worst outcome, meaning second highest
exposure to toxic releases, among all counties.
State Barchart
- Black and Latinx Californians have the worst exposure to toxic
releases among all racial groups in the state, with their respective
exposure well above the average exposure level.
Proximity to Hazards - UPDATED
Scatterplot
- Amador and Nevada counties rank as the having the worst and second
worst proximity to hazards scores (outcomes) statewide. Their scores are
close to or more than double that of the third worst outcome
county.
- Mono County has the worst racial disparities on this measure, its
AIAN residents score is 2.4x higher than the average exposure
score.
State Barchart
- Statewide, only non-Latinx White, Multiracial, and AIAN residents
have below average (better) exposure scores than the average
resident.
Drinking Water Contaminants -
UPDATED
Scatterplot
- Alameda is the only urban county among the top 10 counties with the
worst racial disparities on drinking water contaminants. However, it
also has the best overall outcome on this measure.
- San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties are the only urban counties
among the top 10 counties with the worst overall outcomes on this
measure. They are both also relatively lower disparity counties.
State Barchart
- Latinx, SWANA, and AIAN Californians are the only groups with above
average (worst) exposure to drinking water contaminants in
California.
Asthma - UPDATED
Scatterplot
- San Luis Obispo has the second highest disparity rate in the state
for asthma diagnoses behind only Placer County. American Indian or
Alaska Native residents of the county are 1.8x as likely to be diagnosed
with asthma than the average county resident.
- Los Angeles County has the fifth best (lowest) asthma rate, but also
has the 9th worst racial disparities. LAC Multiracial, AIAN, Black, and
NHPI residents have the highest asthma rates among all groups.
- There is data for only 8 of the 25 Northern / Sierra region
counties.
State Barchart
- Asian, Southwest Asian or North African, and Latinx Californians
have the lowest rates of asthma diagnoses in the state.
- About one in five Multiracial, AIAN, Black, and NHPI Californians
have been diagnosed with asthma.
Food Access - NOT UPDATED
Scatterplot
- The top ten counties with the lowest racial disparities on Food
Access are all semi-urban and urban counties, except for El Dorado.
- The bottom ten counties with the worst racial disparities are also
all semi-urban and urban counties. Four of them are in the Bay Area
(Sonoma, San Francisco, Napa, and Santa Clara).
State Barchart
- Black and Latinx Californians have the least food access of any
racial group.
- Only non-Latinx White and non-Latinx Multiracial residents have
above average (better) food access than the average California
resident.
- It is important to note that there are many ways to measure food
access that may reveal different perspectives.